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Welsh place-name element
tŷ
tŷ means “house”
Place names with tŷ
- Pontypridd · Pontypridd · Rhondda Cynon Taffrom pont “bridge”, y “the”, tŷ “house” and pridd “earth”: “bridge of the earthen house”
- Tyddewi · St Davids · Pembrokeshire“house of Saint David”
- Hendy-gwyn ar Daf · Whitland · Carmarthenshirefrom hen “old”, tŷ “house” and gwyn “white”; ar Daf means “on the River Taf”
- Coety · Coity · Bridgendfrom coed “trees” and tŷ “house”
Other Welsh elements
abaty · abbeyaber · river mouth, confluencebach · small, littlebae · bayban · peak, summitbetws · chapelbryn · hillcaer · fortcastell · castlecerrig · rockscoch · redcoed · wood, forest, treescwm · valleydin · fort, strongholddôl · meadowdu · blackesgair · ridge, spurglan · bank, shoreglyn · glen, valleygwyn · whitehen · oldllan · church, parishmaes · fieldmawr · large, bigmynydd · mountainnant · brook, streamnewydd · newpen · head, top, endpenrhyn · headland, promontorypont · bridgeporth · port, harbourpwll · poolrhos · heath, moorrhyd · fordton · lea, pasturetraeth · beach, shoretref · townynys · islandysbyty · hospitalystrad · valley, vale
Sources
- Wiktionary: tŷ (Welsh) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- blas course vocabulary (cy-ty)
Meaning, etymology and pronunciation text is adapted from Wiktionary. The adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Coordinates and identifiers from Wikidata (CC0). Areas and map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence.
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